‘Have cooperated with probe’: Jain moves high court for bail

NEW DELHI: Jailed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister Satyendar Jain has approached the Delhi high court, challenging a trial court order denying him bail in a money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Jain has challenged the trial court’s November 17 order which dismissed his bail plea on the ground that he was prima facie involved in concealing the proceeds of crime.

In his plea, Jain said he is not in a position to influence witnesses or tamper with evidence, and is not a flight risk if granted the relief in the case of ED’S enforcement case information report (ECIR, the equivalent of a first information report) registered on September 30, 2017 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The plea is likely to come up for hearing later this week.

Jain is accused of having laundered money through four companies allegedly linked to him. He was arrested by the ED on May 30, and is currently in judicial custody.

He was granted regular bail by a trial court on September 6, 2019 in the case lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

In his petition, the AAP leader has claimed that since he was not in possession of any proceeds, the offence under the PMLA was not made out.